Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 28, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

FOUR HOURS AND 65 TICKETS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 8 AND MIDNIGHT SATURDAY AS MAUI POLICE CRACKED DOWN ON SPEEDERS AND OTHER VIOLATORS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH MAUI. TRAFFIC COMMANDER LIEUTENANT BOBBY HILL SAYS 65 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, INCLUDING ONE FOR OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC BY GOING TOO SLOW IN THE LEFT LANE - AND THERE WERE FOUR DUI-S. HILL EXPLAINED THAT FIVE OF THIS YEAR'S EIGHT TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE BEEN DUE TO SPEED, RECKLESS DRIVING AND IMPAIRMENT.

A POWER FAILURE BLACKED OUT ALL OF MOLOKAI SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT AROUND 3:50. POWER WAS RESTORED BY 8:20 PM. MAUI ELECTRIC SPOKESPERSON KAUI AWAI-DICKSON SAID THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE INITIAL SUSPICION THAT IT RESULTED FROM DOWNED POWER LINES PROVED WRONG. THEY TURNED OUT TO BE TELEPHONE LINES. THE ISLAND HAS 3,200 ELECTRIC CUSTOMERS.

ISLAND WEATHER…..THERE'S A HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH THURSDAY FOR SOUTH-FACING SHORES. TONIGHT, ISOLATED SHOWERS OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLEAR LOWS IN THE MID 60S. MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING.

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